biden says: "well, it ryan says: "it's irish." ate.. [laughter] the 51-miillon viewers of thursday's debate imbibed a few shots of irish... and a áhealthyá sampling oo ávintagee joe biden.biden says: "it'ssincredibll!" to virtually every hrust maae by republican nooiiee paul &pryan... the hyper- animated vice president ressonded by grinning and smiling -- many called it ""mirking" -- and by rolling his eyes to the heavvns. rhetoric that he had in carrying the debate, it was o disresppctful."triipi says: "i think biden really made aalot of trong ppints ttnight. i just don't know where -- did &pwomen find hhm likeable? hume says: "my sense was that it wws so compelling that people probably couldn't taaeetheir eyes off of it. iithought it was unnttractive ann rude. flashes of the lawyerly wiliness that mmrked his ttnure as chairman of thee sennte judiciary committte... biden's ingmanship alss included frequent resort to sarcasm...biden ayss "they palk about this great recessson as if it fell out of the sky..." ...and by ssme estiiatess